PORTLAND, Jamaica —Six more Haitian men were picked up by the Portland police on Monday, moving the total to 28 Haitians who arrived in the country illegally early Monday morning.

The police had picked up 17, which consisted of 10 males, four women and three children early in the morning in the Passley Gardens area.

They were taken to the Port Antonio Police Station for immigration and health processing.

Later in the day, five men were picked up, and in the mid-afternoon, six more males were found on the campus of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education.

They will stay overnight in the police custody as the Passport, Immigration & Citizenship Agency (PICA) and health department processing continue.

The first set of Haitians, five men, were seen on the College of Agriculture, Science and Education campus, and the police were alerted early in the morning. The police intensified their search, and 12 others were picked up – five men, four women and three children. Another five men were picked up in the day in the Passley Gardens, Norwich area and later six men.

It is not known where they landed, but it is suspected to be in the beach area bordering the Passley Gardens and Norwich communities.

—Everard Owen

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